A Potpourri of Questions and Attempted Answers
Shapiro (Stewart)
Source: Shapiro - Thinking about Mathematics - The Philosophy of Mathematics, 2000, Chapter 2
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  1. Necessity and A Priori Knowledge – 21
  2. Global Matters: Objects and Objectivity – 24
    … 2.1. Object – 25
    … 2.2. Truth – 29
  3. The Mathematical and the Physical – 33
  4. Local Matters: Theorems, Theories, and Concepts – 39

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